Lease extension charges upheld where discretionary extension terms allowed revised uniform fees and no arbitrariness was shown.

A lease clause requiring construction within three years permitted extension only in exceptional circumstances and on conditions imposed by the lessor, so the allottee had no enforceable right to extension at the original premium-based rate. The percentage reference in the lease fixed only the quantum framework and did not exclude the authority's power to prescribe revised uniform extension charges. Because the revised policy was applied uniformly to similarly situated allottees and no discrimination or arbitrariness was shown, the revised demand was upheld. No exceptional circumstance justified a mandatory extension, and the contract could not be rewritten by the court.

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Issues: Whether the allottee was entitled, as of right, to extension of time for construction only on payment of the percentage of premium mentioned in the lease deed, and whether the authority's revised uniform extension charges were arbitrary or beyond the lease terms.

Analysis: The lease deed required construction within three years, but extension was permitted only in exceptional circumstances and on such conditions as the lessor might impose. The clause referring to percentage-based payment indicated only the quantum framework for extension and did not curtail the lessor's discretion to prescribe other uniform charges. The authority had applied the revised policy uniformly across similarly situated allottees, and no discrimination or arbitrariness was shown. No exceptional circumstance was pleaded to justify mandatory extension in favour of the petitioner. A court cannot rewrite or extend a contract.

Conclusion: The petitioner had no enforceable right to extension at the original lease rate, and the authority's demand for revised extension charges was upheld.

Final Conclusion: The writ petition failed because the lease terms left extension to the authority's discretion, and the revised policy was found to be neither arbitrary nor unlawful.

Ratio Decidendi: Where a lease reserves extension of time for construction to the lessor's discretion in exceptional circumstances, the allottee cannot insist on extension at a fixed contractual rate, and a uniformly applied revised charge is valid unless shown to be arbitrary or discriminatory.

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